The quartet formed and began touring around the area in 1991. They began recording soon after and a local radio station began giving their song "Lost and Found" some air time. Dragon Street Records released Tripping Daisy's debut album Bill, a straight-ahead grunge-pop album except being characterized by overly processed vocals a la neo-psychedelia and a few very interesting transitions. All subsequent albums were released by Island Records; the album Bill was also re-released by Island. I Am an Elastic Firecracker lightened up on the vocal processors except when needed for effect. The arrangements were taken to a much more advanced level on this album, but fade in comparison to the improvements on their magnum opus Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb. Tim DeLaughter really found his niche as a vocalist and a songwriter on this album. Though minimalistic in some respects, the album is characterized by an interesting fragmentary songwriting style, where a song can go from one vignette to a completely different other, and still achieve a seamless quality. The production qualities of Eric Drew Feldman and the band are a marvel, as is the instrumentation and glorious harmonies.
Wes Berggren was found dead in his apartment on October 27, 1999, due to an overdose. With the death of Berggren the band canceled its tours and stopped recording, officially disbanding on December 14, 1999. Their final self-titled album was released posthumously with Berggren's father Don playing a Fender Rhodes on the unfinished
"Soothing Jubilee". Their eponymous album was a warm symphonic affair with more beautiful instrumentation and playful lyrics, which rounded up this wonderful rock group by including a new version of 'One Through Four', a song originally featured on 'Bill', and the re-recorded edition showed the progress they had made in 6 years.
Trip Along
Tripping Daisy Lyrics
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My mind it rolls
Reminds me it was so easy
Staring at the Christmas lights in a box
That were once hanging on my tree
Proving once again that seasons change
So do we it's nothing new
Similar to the love you find while kissing
Trip along my mindless waveless
Thoughts they carry on
Trip along my mindless waveless
Thoughts they carry on
The magic potion within my brain
Painted pictures of everything
The cat that barks the dog that meows
The bird that flies all around
Trip along my mindless waveless
Thoughts they carry on
Sitting on a curved back couch
My mind it rolls
Reminds me it was so easy
The lyrics to Tripping Daisy's "Trip Along" describe the experience of being lost in thought while sitting on a couch. The opening lines convey a sense of mental agitation, as the singer's mind "rolls" and their thoughts "carry on." The Christmas lights in the box symbolize the passage of time and the inevitability of change. The seasons and our own lives shift and evolve, just as the lights that were once hanging on a tree are now packed away. The final lines juxtapose this sense of transience with the intensity of a first kiss, hinting at the fleeting nature of youth and young love.
The chorus of the song - "Trip along my mindless waveless / Thoughts they carry on" - suggests a kind of acceptance of the constant flow of thoughts and emotions, without attempting to control or analyze them. The "magic potion within my brain" further underscores this sense of surrender, as the singer describes being able to conjure up vivid mental images of cats that bark and dogs that meow.
Overall, "Trip Along" is a song that captures the fleeting, dreamlike quality of inner experience. The lyrics veer between moments of intense sensory detail and more abstract reflections on the nature of consciousness. The music, which blends elements of psychedelic rock and alternative pop, reinforces this sense of shifting moods and sensations.
Line by Line Meaning
Sitting on a curved back couch
I'm sitting on a couch with a curved back
My mind it rolls
My thoughts are constantly flowing
Reminds me it was so easy
Reminds me of how easy things used to be
Staring at the Christmas lights in a box
Looking at Christmas lights in a box
That were once hanging on my tree
The lights that used to be on my Christmas tree
Proving once again that seasons change
The fact that seasons change is being proven
So do we it's nothing new
We also change just like the seasons, nothing new about it
Similar to the love you find while kissing
Just like the love you feel during your first kiss
Your first kiss the world was blind
The world was oblivious during your first kiss
Trip along my mindless waveless
Let's go on a journey with my thoughtless and still mind
Thoughts they carry on
My thoughts continue to follow me
The magic potion within my brain
The chemical balance in my brain is like magic
Painted pictures of everything
My thoughts created vivid images in my mind
The cat that barks the dog that meows
I'm imagining a world where things are opposite of what they should be
The bird that flies all around
I'm picturing a bird flying aimlessly around
Sitting on a curved back couch
I'm still sitting on the same couch with a curved back
My mind it rolls
My mind is still constantly flowing with thoughts
Reminds me it was so easy
I'm reminded again of how easy things used to be
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: BRYAN WAKELAND, MARK PIRRO, TIM DELAUGHTER, WES BERGGREN
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